Download or read book Practical Guide to Assessing Infants and Preschoolers with Special Needs written by Judith A. Bondurant-Utz and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This easy-to-read book is a succinct, practical work designed for current and future early childhood special educators. Its four-part coverage provides an overview of the assessment process; basic considerations for assessment; the stages of the assessment process; and assessment within domains. Unlike introductory books that typically deal with a specific level such as preschool, this book takes a more comprehensive approach by including assessment information on children from birth to five years of age. Family Involvement; Cultural and Linguistic Diversity; The Team Process; The Assessment Experience; Qualitative Observations of Behavior; Assessing Young Children with Severe Disabilities; Child Find, Screening, and Identification; Norm-Based Assessment; Curriculum-Based Assessment for Instructional Planning; Ecological Assessment; Behavioral Assessment; Program Evaluation; Assessment within Domains; Communication Assessment; Assessing Social and Emotional Development; Sensory Motor; Assessment of Adaptive Behavior. For current and future early childhood special educators.